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California Department of Transportation

H-1B visa and green card sponsorship record

Sacramento, CA Construction Files from CA On record FY2020–FY2026

Yes — California Department of Transportation sponsors H-1B visas.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) certified 119 of its H-1B filings in FY2025 and 83 so far in FY2026 (through June 30, 2026).

At a glance

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025
119 83 so far in FY2026
Median offered salary, FY2025
$89,136 from 119 filings
USCIS approval rate, FY2020–FY2022
88.0% of 25 new petitions
Green card filings (PERM), FY2025
0
E-Verify
Not on the 2018 list
H-1B dependent
No

Fiscal years (FY) run October to September. Approval rates are from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Sponsorship score

5/7

Computed September 30, 2026 from its FY2020–FY2025 record.

  • Recent approvals 2/3

    12 new H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in FY2022

  • Entry-level hiring Not rated

    Fewer than 5 H-1B filings with a wage level in FY2023–FY2025 (0)

  • Files every year 2/2

    Certified H-1B filings in 3 of the 3 years FY2023–FY2025

  • Approval rate 1/2

    88.0% of 25 new petitions approved, FY2020–FY2022

Out of 7, not 10: parts without enough data aren't rated, and don't count against the company.

H-1B filings (Department of Labor)

Before filing an H-1B petition, an employer must get a Labor Condition Application (LCA) certified by the Department of Labor. These are this company's LCAs, by fiscal year.

H-1B filings with the Department of Labor, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFiledCertified H-1BDeniedWithdrawnEntry level
FY2020171701None stated
FY2021373705None stated
FY2022393906None stated
FY2023626104None stated
FY2024939104None stated
FY202512011907None stated
FY2026 so far838304None stated
Certified H-1B filings, FY2020–FY2026. Tallest bar: FY2025, 119. Scaled to this chart's own tallest bar.

Entry level is the share of certified H-1B filings with a stated wage level that were level I or II.

“Filed”, “Denied” and “Withdrawn” count every LCA, including the E-3 and H-1B1 visas that use the same form; “Certified H-1B” counts H-1B only. A filing certified and later withdrawn counts in both columns.

FY2026 is in progress: data runs through June 30, 2026.

H-1B approvals (USCIS)

After DOL certifies an LCA, the employer files the H-1B petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which approves or denies it. New petitions and extensions or transfers are counted separately.

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS, by fiscal year
New petitionsExtensions and transfers
Fiscal yearApprovedDeniedApproval rateApprovedDenied
FY20206185.7%140
FY20214180.0%240
FY202212192.3%271
FY2023 (partial)120100.0%150
New H-1B petitions approved, FY2020–FY2023. Tallest bar: FY2022, 12. Scaled to this chart's own tallest bar.

These numbers come from USCIS, which decides H-1B petitions. They count different things from Department of Labor filings, so we never add the two together.

FY2023 is incomplete: USCIS's last data release covers only part of that year (38,315 new approvals nationwide, against 138,381 in FY2022).

USCIS hasn't published employer-level approval data after FY2023.

USCIS also has records for this company in FY2009–FY2015: 63 new H-1B petitions approved. Show FY2009 onward

Salaries

Offered salary is the yearly pay an employer states on a certified, full-time H-1B filing — the bottom of the range when it gives one. Hourly, weekly and monthly pay is converted to a yearly figure; amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year are left out. The typical range is the middle half: a quarter of filings offered less, and a quarter more.

Offered salaries on certified H-1B filings, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearMedianTypical rangeFilings
FY2020$88,044$79,112 – $99,51617
FY2021$90,331$79,917 – $92,95237
FY2022$92,952$91,116 – $105,07239
FY2023$92,952$76,644 – $98,13661
FY2024$101,616$84,852 – $103,64491
FY2025$89,136$86,544 – $103,644119
FY2026 so far$89,136$87,936 – $106,75283

Wage levels since FY2023

None of its certified H-1B filings since FY2023 states a wage level.

Jobs and locations

Certified H-1B filings since FY2023, with the median offered salary for each.

Top job titles

Top job titles on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
Job titleFilingsMedian salaryTypical wage level
Transportation Engineer (Civil)242$95,280Not stated
Transportation Engineer (Electrical)30$86,544Not stated
Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans15$130,632Not stated
Research Data Analyst II12$77,436Not stated
Associate Governmental Program Analyst5$70,260Not stated
Associate Transportation Planner5$82,896Not stated
Environmental Scientist5$78,792Not stated
Research Data Analyst I5$62,544Not stated
Transportation Planner5$71,016Not stated
Analyst II4$72,372Not stated

Top locations

Top worksites on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
LocationFilingsMedian salary
Sacramento, CA95$95,280
Oakland, CA62$89,136
Marysville, CA31$95,280
Stockton, CA21$103,644
San Diego, CA17$86,544
Redding, CA14$86,544
Fresno, CA13$89,136
San Luis Obispo, CA12$86,544
Eureka, CA9$86,544
Los Angeles, CA5$106,752

Top occupations

Top occupations on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
OccupationFilingsMedian salary
Transportation Engineers 17-2051265$101,616
Electrical Engineers 17-207131$86,544
Data Scientists 15-205114$75,180
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 15-12999$77,436
Transportation Planners 19-30998$76,644
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-20416$78,792

What the filings were for

What its certified H-1B filings since FY2023 were for, as marked on each LCA. One filing can cover several workers, so these count worker positions.

Worker positions on certified H-1B filings since FY2023, by purpose
Filing typeWorker positionsShare
New employment New H-1B workers joining the company22062%
Continuation of existing employment Extensions for current H-1B workers226%
Change of employer Transfers in: H-1B workers moving from another employer226%
Change in previous employment Changes to a current H-1B worker's job4112%
Concurrent employment A second H-1B job alongside one elsewhere00%
Amended petition Amendments to a petition already filed4914%

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

We found no green card filings (PERM) for this company since FY2020.

E-Verify

Not on the 2018 E-Verify list

We didn't find California Department of Transportation on USCIS's list of E-Verify employers dated December 31, 2018.

Why it matters: employers must be enrolled in E-Verify to employ F-1 students on the STEM OPT extension (8 CFR 214.2(f)(10)(ii)(C)).

This list is from December 31, 2018, and it's the only one USCIS has published. It shows who was enrolled on that date: a company that enrolled later isn't on it, so not being on the list tells you nothing.

How we match companies to the list

The employer's name key appears in the USCIS E-Verify participating-employers list with a state the employer files in. That list is one snapshot, enrolled as of 2018-12-31, so false means only "not on the 2018 list" - not that the employer does not use E-Verify today, and not that it did not enrol the following week. The list carries no FEIN and no case number, so the match is by normalised name and state alone.

Other things to know

H-1B dependent
No

On most of its certified filings in FY2023–FY2025 that answered the question, the company said it is not H-1B dependent. A dependent employer has a large share of H-1B workers on staff and makes extra promises about recruiting and not displacing U.S. workers.

How we work this out

The employer answered Yes to H1B_DEPENDENT on at least half of the certified LCAs where it answered the question, in FY2023-FY2025. false means it answered and Yes was under half; NULL means no certified case answered the question (E-3 and H-1B1 filings answer N/A). The floor is there because a single Yes among thousands of No answers is a tick in the wrong box: it would badge 979 employers that said Yes once, one of them on 1 filing of 2,760; the 473 that answered only once or twice still are. A dependent employer is not a worse employer: the answer is a statutory test on the share of H-1B workers on staff, not a finding.

Willful violator
No

The company's answers on its filings in FY2020–FY2025 don't show a repeated yes. Employers state on each filing whether DOL has found them to be a willful violator in the five years before; this is the company's own answer, not a DOL record.

How we work this out

The employer answered Yes to WILLFUL_VIOLATOR on at least two LCAs in FY2020-FY2025, certified or not, in at least two fiscal years, and in at least one of those years Yes was half or more of what it answered. The floor is there because a single Yes among thousands of No answers is a tick in the wrong box: 505 employers answer Yes exactly once and never twice, and the two employers with the most Yes answers say it on one filing in two thousand. false means the employer answered and did not meet that bar; NULL means it never answered. THIS IS THE FILER'S OWN ATTESTATION ON THE LCA, NOT A DOL FINDING. The authoritative source is the DOL published debarment list, which this project does not yet mirror - it is a follow-up catalog entry - so nothing here has been checked against it.

Cap-exempt
No sign

Nothing in its name or industry code suggests a college or university. That doesn't make it subject to the cap: nonprofit research organizations and affiliated hospitals can be exempt too, and we can't detect them.

How we work this out

INFERRED, not a determination. true when an FY2023+ LCA carries a NAICS code beginning 6112 or 6113 (junior colleges, colleges and universities) or a raw spelling of the employer's name contains the word UNIVERSITY or COLLEGE. Never false: the column is NULL when neither signal is present, because the absence of a signal is not evidence that an employer is cap-subject. Non-profit research organisations and affiliated hospitals are cap-exempt and both tests miss them. Only USCIS decides cap exemption, petition by petition.

Company details

Name on filings
California Department of Transportation
Address on filings
Sacramento, CA 95816
Industry
Construction (NAICS 237310)
Employer ID (FEIN)
68-0274794
On record
FY2020–FY2026
Latest decision on its filings
June 26, 2026

Related companies

No other company shares its Employer ID.

Sources

  • H-1B and green card filings: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, FY2020 through June 30, 2026.
  • H-1B approvals: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, complete through FY2022; FY2023 is partial.
  • E-Verify: USCIS's list of E-Verify employers as of December 31, 2018.
  • Sponsorship score: computed September 30, 2026 with version 1 of the rules on How Visa Grep works.
  • USCIS approvals are matched to this company by exact name and a close spelling (2 USCIS names). The last four digits of the Employer ID agree.
Record references

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